I haven't read or watched much of the Clone Wars multimedia project either, but I am very familiar with it because the Dark Lord Trilogy and the Republic Commando series are built on it, in a way that makes it very hard for me to take TCW seriously.

So Chee left out the older CW series between AOTC and Cat and Mouse... hmmmmm.....

Well the microseries would be weaving through TCW depending on the chapter and the second volume would be difficult to place at this point because we don't know how far TCW is being taken into ROTS or if it all.

While I know even the creator of the microseries feels like his work is being ignored, no one has officially said his series is non-canon yet, and Chee isn't advocating that. He's focusing on the events of specific episodes of TCW while he mentions roughly the events of the microseries as happening in the months between eps II and TCW. He also says in a followup post that those events definitely still happen.

The microseries might have a few inconsistencies because of TCW, but it still fits in almost perfectly if you put everything seen up until Anakin gets his scar before Cat and Mouse. Same with all of the Republic comics until at least Rendili. Obsession itself might even fit before TCW if we accept that Adi somehow survives (poor Greivous) and that Ventress somehow decides to go back to Dooku (dumb, but possible).

Pushing stories stretching over a long period of time simply in the few months after Geonosis makes no sense at all. The time line is an important and integral part of those stories. You simply cannot change the time line and still say this all 'happened'. This just makes no sense.

Just publish an 'Esssential Guide to Chronometry and Calendar Reforms'. Or make this topic a subdivision of the next Essential Chronology. The Clone Wars should simply be a few years longer than we thought they would. The whole system of BBY and ABY is somewhat irritating, and it's obvious that the Republican calendars did not include the Battle of Yavin in their system.

So how could this chronological mess be resolved? Perhaps appointed a commission to resolve a mess in the Old Republic Galactic Calendar system when he was elected Supreme Chancellor. Just as Pope Gregory XIII changed Caesar's old calendar. Considering that this whole thing would be about 'Galactic Standard Time' or something like that, there might not only be a problem in passing time but also in trying to define 'a Galactic Standard Year' or something like that.

If said commission came forward with its new calendar during the Clone Wars, Palpatine might have invoked it without debate using his Emergency Powers. This might also have been the end to the 'Pre-Imperial Time' Tim Zahn referred to in his Thrawn Trilogy. Perhaps Palpatine would end up using some obscure planetary rotation cycle as the Galactic Standard Year, perhaps the Year of Naboo, or, even better, the Year of Grizmallt

It would be entirely possible for three years to disappear like that, and Palpatine might very well insist all the time afterwards that they were technically only fighting a few months. And, of course, the Confederacy would continue to use the old calendar, adding to the whole confusion.

A similar thing might have happened later on after the Battle of Yavin. The New Republic eventually established the whole Battle of Yavin system. Perhaps a few years disappeared here as well, at least later on, when the calendar was changed yet again. Perhaps the scholars changed the Palpatinian Standard Year, but kept most of the other reformations intact invoked by the Palpatine Commission.

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@Zeta1127, were the original Clone Wars products really that good? I know you haven't read most of them, so are you more upset with the fact that such a clear-cut timeline is being shifted around, in addition to the continuity problems you only know about second-hand?

They seem good to me, when I read the RotS novelization, many of those events have impacted Anakin, in a way that I can't take TCW seriously.

Yes, that's my exact problem, I am upset by the fact that such a clear cut timeline is being shifted around, in addition to the continuity problems I only know about second-hand. All I see is Lucas showing a lack of respect for other artist's work, and it disgusts me.

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@Zeta1127, were the original Clone Wars products really that good? I know you haven't read most of them, so are you more upset with the fact that such a clear-cut timeline is being shifted around, in addition to the continuity problems you only know about second-hand?

They seem good to me, when I read the RotS novelization, many of those events have impacted Anakin, in a way that I can't take TCW seriously.

Yes, that's my exact problem, I am upset by the fact that such a clear cut timeline is being shifted around, in addition to the continuity problems I only know about second-hand. All I see is Lucas showing a lack of respect for other artist's work, and it disgusts me.

Too true. That is the problem with Lucas - he respects nobody but himself.
He does not care for the fans, the previous artists and authors of EU material and so on.

And let's face it, there is a lot of proof in the world that shows that some fans and EU creators know what is better for the Star Wars universe than the person who created it.

Airing the eps in chronolgical order is one of the better ideas since this show began. Did TPTB think that by producing them out of order makes them appear more intelligent or something? Has this happened on other shows and its fans thought it was a good idea?

Just gives them another excuse to repackage TCW Blu-ray boxsets in the future. I think it'll be cool to watch in chronicle order but the jumping around didn't bother me much. I'm sure it'll be great for those looking to sort out the timeline but I find the best way view TCW is the break episodes into big arcs based on subplots.

Continuing my original Chronicling The Clone Warsblog post, here’s a look at the next four episodes airing in syndication and some notes regarding where they fit on the timeline.

“Ambush” (S101)
Upon arriving in a neutral planetary system with the intent of gaining the system’s allegiance to the Republic, Yoda is attacked by Separatists and a fierce competition ensues between Yoda and the Sith leader Asajj Ventress for the system’s loyalty.“Ambush” is the premiere episode of the series, though chronologically, it does not mark the first appearances of either King Katuunko or Asajj Ventress. “Supply Lines” sowed the seeds of neutral Toydaria leaning towards the Republic, but “Ambush” provides the real test. Lieutenant Thire is one of the clones serving under Master Yoda and we’ll later see him as a clone commander in Revenge of the Sith. We briefly see King Katuunko’s ship, the Thief’s Eye. A different version of the ship appears much later in the timeline. Katuunko gives Yoda his ceremonial sword as a show of support towards the Republic. Katuunko will have different sword when we see him later in the series.

“Rising Malevolence” (S102)
General Grievous has developed a powerful new weapon that he uses to utterly decimate Jedi Master Plo Koon’s fleet of Republic cruisers; Anakin and Ahsoka creatively interpret their orders so that they can search for survivors of the attack.“Shadow of Malevolence” (S103)
Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano mount an assault against a Confederacy cruiser that is housing a terrible new weapon.“Destroy Malevolence” (S104)
A fleet of Republic Star Destroyers attempts to capture General Grievous before he can repair the hyperdrive in his heavily damaged flagship.The “Malevolence story” arc is the first multi-episode story arc to air in chronological order. This marks Plo Koon’s first significant role in the series. It is also the first appearance of Commander Wolffe, Plo Koon’s clone commander, though he is not mentioned by name in the episode or in the script, and he is dressed in an officer’s uniform, not clone armor. Wolffe and the 104th Battalion (Wolf Pack) clones serving under him will undergo multiple changes to the armor, appearing in different variations each season.

Padmé’s starship in “Destroy Malevolence” is an H-type Nubian yacht, the same model ship she had in Attack of the Clones. There are at least two more.

Just gives them another excuse to repackage TCW Blu-ray boxsets in the future. I think it'll be cool to watch in chronicle order but the jumping around didn't bother me much. I'm sure it'll be great for those looking to sort out the timeline but I find the best way view TCW is the break episodes into big arcs based on subplots.

That's one reason my theater PC has multiple Blu Ray drives.. I watched seasons 1-4 over the summer as arcs in chronological order [rather my best guess at the chronological order]. I'm glad that we'll finally have something official though.

I watched seasons 1-4 over the summer as arcs in chronological order [rather my best guess at the chronological order]. I'm glad that we'll finally have something official though.

I recently did the same thing! I finished last week, but saved the last four episodes for one sitting. I didn't include Massacre, because I watched it quite a while ago, immediately after the Nightsisters Trilogy. Saturday morning: Bounty, Brothers, Revenge, Revival.

I watched seasons 1-4 over the summer as arcs in chronological order [rather my best guess at the chronological order]. I'm glad that we'll finally have something official though.

I recently did the same thing! I finished last week, but saved the last four episodes for one sitting. I didn't include Massacre, because I watched it quite a while ago, immediately after the Nightsisters Trilogy. Saturday morning: Bounty, Brothers, Revenge, Revival.

I did TPM and AOTC, then one arc per week then the rest of the movies over the off season of TCW.